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| Tuesday 14 September 2010 |
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| For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:
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| 121-31, 133-34, 135-37, 143-44 , and 151-52 |
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| Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill |
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| Clause 9, page 8, line 24, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | A Boundary Commission must ensure that constituencies are wholly within a |
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| | principal local authority area when the following support such a proposition: |
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| | (a) | The principal local authority: |
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| | (b) | All sitting Members of Parliament representing constituencies wholly or |
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| | partially within that area; |
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| | (c) | Two thirds of all civil parish and town councils or parish meetings within |
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| | that area who express an opinion; |
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| | | and where the Commission is satisfied from its own soundings amongst the |
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| | electorate and the business and voluntary sectors that this preference is widely |
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| Clause 9, page 7, line 32, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | This rule is subject to an independent assessment of the Boundary Commission |
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| | as to the potential electorate within any area where the Commission, having |
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| | (a) | the Electoral Commission, |
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| | (b) | the Registration Officer of the local authority or authorities in that area, |
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| | (c) | such other organisations and individuals whom the Boundary |
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| | Commission may choose to consult, |
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| | | determine that the difference between the registered electorate and the assessed |
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| | numbers eligible to be registered is so significant as to give rise to concern about |
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| | the number of people to be served within such constituencies as would otherwise |
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| | be created by rule 2(1) above.’. |
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| | Proportional Represenation in Parliament |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Members of the House of Commons shall have weighted representation in the |
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| | House of Commons in respect of each parliamentary vote which a Minister has |
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| | announced in the House of Commons shall be a whipped vote. |
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| | (2) | The weighted vote of each Member shall be determined by the number of votes |
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| | cast for the party they stood for at the time of the last general election divided by |
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| | the number of parliamentary seats gained by that party in accordance with the |
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| | equation below:
![equation: over[char[V],char[E]]](image1.gif)
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| | where V is the total number of first preference votes (under the alternative vote |
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| | system) or votes (under the first past the post system) and S is the number of |
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| | parliamentary seats secured by the party at the general election. |
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| | (3) | For the purposes of this clause a political party is as defined in the Political |
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| | Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000. |
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| | (4) | Any Member of Parliament elected to the House of Commons at times other than |
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| | a general election will be assumed to have an unweighted single vote. |
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| | (5) | An unweighted single vote shall be defined by the following equation
![equation: over[times[char[T],char[V]],times[char[T],char[S]]]](image2.gif) |
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| | where TV is the total number of votes cast in the general election and TS is the |
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| | total number of parliamentary seats represented in the House of Commons |
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| | following the general election. |
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| | (6) | On those occasions when the Governement determine that the matter which may |
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| | divide the House of Commons is not a whipped vote, the weighting of votes shall |
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| | (7) | If any Member of Parliament decides no longer to take the whip of the political |
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| | party for which they are elected at the preceding election their vote shall be |
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| | whichever is the less of— |
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| | (a) | the weighting of the party whip they adopt; and |
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| | (b) | an unweighted single vote.’. |
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| Clause 9, page 8, line 39, at end insert— |
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| | ‘Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly |
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| | 6A (1) | All parts of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly must be included in a constituency |
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| | which is wholly in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. |
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| | (2) | Rule 2 does not apply in relation to any such constituency. |
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| | (3) | The electorate of any constituency in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly shall be: |
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| | (a) | no less than 95% of the Cornwall and Scilly electoral quota; and |
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| | (b) | no more than 105% of that quota. |
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| | (4) | The “ Cornwall and Scilly electoral quota” means C/E where C is the electorate |
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| | of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly and E is the number of parliamentary |
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| | constituencies which the Commission has determined should be allocated to |
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| | Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.’. |
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| Clause 9, page 7, line 33, after ‘6(2)’, insert ‘6A(2)’. |
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| Clause 9, page 8, line 11, after ‘kilometres’, insert ‘including the area of sea, where |
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| the constituency includes off-shore islands’. |
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| Clause 9, page 7, line 28, leave out ‘600’ and insert ‘500’. |
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Clause 9, page 7, line 35, leave out | U | and insert | U |
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| 598 | | 498 |
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| Clause 16, page 13, line 3, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | Part 2 of this Act shall come into force if more votes are cast in the referendum |
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| | under Part 1 of the Act in favour of the answer “Yes” than in favour of the answer |
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